About Me

I was a reporter and columnist for 40 years for a chain of newspapers in the suburbs of Chicago. I'm a military veteran having served in the United States Army Combat Engineers (Cpl. E-4) and a Korean War veteran with an Honorable Discharge from the Armed Forces of the United States of America

Saturday, February 28, 2009

Watch as a squad of U.S. Marines engage the insurgents and Al Qaeda in "Operation Smackdown" in Iraq. The fighting is intense and the language can be rough at times.TURN UP YOUR SOUNDWATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/I_-11Ukgu8U&hl=en&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO FREE

Watch and listen as the crews of Apache helicopters are given commands from the ground on what target to take out in Afghanistan and Iraq.TURN UP YOUR SOUNDWATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/aJNZrAAtYAM&hl=en&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO

A U.S. soldier is shot in this close-action video of a firefight in Afghanistan. Be sure to turn up your speakers to hear GIs communicating with each other during the intense battle. WATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/Rr50Xl1SgXs&hl=en&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO

This video gives you a POV of a turret gunner's look at the mountainous terrain of Afghanistan as he rakes the hills and valleys with machine gun fire. TURN UP YOUR SOUNDWATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/D6oG5FFAIgg&hl=en&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO

Friday, February 27, 2009

On a day when President Obama stated his goal of having all US troops out of Iraq by September 2010, we thought it would be appropriate to post this video about the Iraq War and the song "Where Have All The Flowers Gone."WARNING: SOME OF THE COMBAT AND CIVILIAN FOOTAGE IS VERY GRAPHICTURN UP YOUR SOUNDWATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/sqZwIXGhZP0&hl=en&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO

This is a new and improved version of the song "Dear Mr. President" originally performed by Pink but in this video the song is performed by Jamison Hodge. The pictures and video are of former President Bush, but they could apply to President Obama who today unveiled his plans for Iraq which supposedly will have all US troops out of Iraq by 2010.WARNING: SOME OF THE VIDEO IS VERY GRAPHIC.TURN UP YOUR SOUNDWATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/ID6pNjcQWtI&hl=en&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO

Yes, with the civil war talk on the program of the recently acquired FOX News demagogue, Glenn Beck, inflammatory talk by Sean Hannity, and Rush Limbaugh's nativist rants that equate Obama to something akin to an amalgamation of Karl Marx and Adolf Hitler, the right-wing media is stirring up the dangerous angry white male resentment to a dangerous frenzied pitch.And we all know where that ended up with Timothy McVeigh and the militia movement of the '90s, which was enabled by the right-wing media barons -- such as Rupert Murdoch -- to create a literal armed militia movement against the government of the United States.

Call it treasonous, call it demagoguery, call it treachery: it is what comes down the pike when the wealthy Democratic elites are more content to fund organizations that criticize the apocalyptic, brown-shirted Murdoch media barons rather than buying up media and delivering an alternative message that emphasizes loyalty to the truth, Constitution and democracy.

Sure, we love Media Matters, but they are just a fly on a donkey's butt as far as Rupert Murdoch and the gang are concerned. Media Matters will get an occasional correction of factual errors -- if they pull out all their guns for one, but it's too little a compensation for the energy put into the effort. And the people who take in the corporate media remember the misleading assertion, not the rare convoluted retraction.

The reality is that the only thing that matters in media is owning it. Murdoch knows that and couldn't give a horse's fart for what Media Matters has to say, nor does CBS which just hired a Democratic-hating Republican stalwart as their senior communications executive.

Nor do any of the mainstream corporate media: including radio, television and print. They will just keep on doing what they are doing because they own it and they know what they want: an oligarchy.

The troops for this formidable army of images, mistruths, and emotional manipulation are the angry white males, the guys who have felt displaced by minorities and women and immigrants ever since the Civil Rights and Feminist upheaval began in the '60s.

And these displaced white guys are armed to the teeth, courtesy of the NRA and the senators and representatives who lie down like doormats for the gun lobby in Congress.

And bristling with guns -- including the .50 caliber sniper rifle that is legal in all but California -- they feel enabled and patriotic in rising up against the legitimate Constitutional government of the United States.As rabid as Hannity and Beck and Limbaugh may seem, their ratings have actually gone up since Obama's election. The white male who has been shafted by the wealthy elite, pickpocketed and left in humiliation, falls prey yet again to the siren song of the Murdoch/Ailes stable of Goebbels disciples and their cohorts such as Limbaugh and Savage.

Those Obama supporters who think I am being hyperbolic have a short sense of history. This is what we saw in the Clinton administration that led to the domestic terrorist Oklahoma bombing and trumped up impeachment.

And before the right-wing media was as consolidated as it is today, we saw our liberal leaders gunned down one by one in the '60s, resutling in the election of Richard Nixon -- and the beginning of the well-funded corporate mainstream media consolidation owned by people beholden only to the oligarchy, not the American public.

But when the armed angry white males decide to act because of the Murdoch/Limbaugh et al. incitement to rise up ringing in their ears, the blood will be on the hands of Rupert and his fellow right-wing corporate media barons -- and he won't be sorry for it.He'll only feel one thing: Mission accomplished.

This video takes you right inside a US military vehicle as US troops are ambushed in Afghanistan. The footage is fantastic and the fighting is ferocious. With more US troops headed to Afghanistan, there will be more videos like this one. TURN UP YOUR SPEAKERSWATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/LLid0o-5PQE&hl=en&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO

Video shows how war in Afghanistan impacts on civilians and mostly the children of the war torn country. Meanwhile, President Obama is planning on sending another 17,000 troops to Afghanistan to try and defeat the Taliban. The British and Russians couldn't do it and what makes President Obama think the United States can achieve this mission without causing more and more collateral damage?WATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/r7Zy3Ma5-EE&hl=en&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO

President Obama is going to order 17,000 more US troops into Afghanistan to supposedly fight the Taliban, however the collateral damage from this war will fall on the children of Afghanistan. It already has with US air strikes that missed their targets and have killed or maimed hundreds of Afghan children.This video shows the innocent victims of the Afghanistan and begs the question as to why are we pursuing this insane plan to try and conquer the Taliban when the British and the Russians found they could not be beaten.WATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/dYK1-A_oNP8&hl=en&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Pentagon will lift its longtime ban on media coverage of the flag-draped coffins of war victims arriving at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, according to a senior U.S. defense official with direct knowledge of the decision.

The coverage must be approved by the victims' families, however.

Advocates of opening the base to coverage say the unmarked coffins make it impossible to identify specific remains.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates is to announce the change at a news conference at 2 p.m. ET, the senior official said. He ordered a review after President Obama asked for more information on the long-standing policy.

Though the Defense Department won't confirm it, it is widely accepted that the ban began after the December 1989 U.S. invasion of Panama, which deposed dictator Manuel Noriega.

After a news conference held by President George H.W. Bush, his press secretary made a humorous comment, causing the president and reporters to laugh.

At the same time, viewers were watching coffins of the first casualties from the invasion being unloaded at Dover.

The following year, when the Persian Gulf War began, the Pentagon banned media coverage of war dead being returned to the base.

One of the family members who favors lifting the ban is Karen Meredith of San Francisco, California, who wrote Obama urging him to order the change.

Lt. Ken Ballard left for Iraq on Mother's Day in 2003. He came home in a casket on Memorial Day 2004.

"I wanted the nation to grieve with me, and if we don't see those images we don't know that these young men and women are dying," she told CNN.

"And to me its an honor to have an honor guard at Dover when they're bringing these men and women back through the mortuary. But we've never been able to see those pictures of the honor being given."

Others say the honor should remain private.

"When they come off the plane, these are anonymous caskets. What is the greater good of that," asked Vince Rangel, who was an Army Ranger captain in Vietnam.

"I would rather take that attention and give it everything it deserves at the gravesite in the communities where you can get all that information, so people can understand these people as human beings. Not just as a flag-draped casket that comes out of a plane."

Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell said about two weeks ago that a good deal of input needed to be collected from a number of sources, including Pentagon offices representing family interests, the Defense Department's public affairs office and the various service branches.

This is a NEW video showing brutal combat action with music by KMFDM. Be sure to turn up your speakers and enjoy this non-stop action-packed combat video.WATCH VIDEO HERE WITH SPEAKERS TURNED UP:http://www.youtube.com/v/Ht47Ub6S0JY&hl=en&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO

From the opening footage, this video is non-stop combat action showing US troops fighting in IRAQ and AFGHANISTAN. The action never stops. Be sure to turn up your speakers so you can hear the song and the lyrics from "I'm Alive."WATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/DRC5yTtxvko&hl=en&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO

This is a NEW video which explains the tense conditions in Afghanistan and how President Obama is going to send 17,000 more American troops to the region. WATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/xBwgvVr74n0&hl=en&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO

This is a NEW video of a GIs second tour to Afghanistan as a door gunner on a AC-130 Gunship.The video is brutal at times, but this is war and not a video game.TURN UP YOUR SOUND FOR BEST VIEWINGWATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/o5dxlPYzo_E&hl=en&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO

This is a NEW video with METALLICA performing "For Whom the Bells Toll" as units of the U.S. Army and United States Marines engage insurgents in fierce firefights.TURN UP YOUR SOUND FOR BEST VIEWINGWATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/DPcJ5Ii6j0A&hl=en&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO

This is NEW footage just released of an AC-130 Gunship attacking ground positions of the Taliban in Afghanistan. Be sure to turn up your SOUND so you get to hear the pilots and crew of the AC-130 Gunship get their orders about what Taliban ground targets to wipe out. TURN UP YOUR SOUND FOR BEST VIEWINGWATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/59tYVPYhb8k&hl=en&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO

This video is a salute to our women warriors who far too often are forgotten in all the war coverage. They are tough and they are ready to protect the United States of America.Dolly Parton adds to this video with her rendition of "Hard Candy Christmas."WATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/N_bvX7ixXEU&hl=en&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

This video is both a tribute to all the American soldiers and Marines deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq as well as brutal combat footage showing what our young military personnel go through on a daily basis.TURN UP YOUR SOUND FOR BEST VIEWINGWATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/tloO0pActn0&hl=en&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO

This video contains a song with explicit language in the lyrics which accompanies violent footage of US Army and Marines in heavy combat in Iraq.TURN UP YOUR SOUND, OR TURN DOWN YOUR SOUND.WATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/zTuNUIV16gI&hl=en&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO

The latest video, Deconstructed, produced by Sgt. Casey J. Porter, continues to show the realities of war. Featuring statements from former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, Former President Bill Clinton, The O'Reily Factor host, Bill O'Reilly. This video shows the realities of war and not video game stuff. TURN UP YOUR SOUND AND ENJOY THIS GREAT VIDEOWATCH VIDEO HERE: http://www.youtube.com/v/4iWGYWLv7-Y&hl=en&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO

Video shows the 173rd Airborne of the US Army under heavy attack from the Taliban in Afghanistan. The combat action is ferocious.TURN UP YOUR SOUND FOR BEST VIEWINGWATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/AZadPlsb3vU&hl=en&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO

This video is nothing but non-stop action of US troops taking out the Taliban in Afghanistan. You also hear one GI commenting about what his friends say when he goes home and they find out he has seen combat.TURN UP YOUR SOUND.WATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/niS1GjJE9AM&hl=en&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO

KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Four coalition members were killed Tuesday in southern Afghanistan when their vehicle hit an improvised bomb, the U.S. military said.

The incident happened just after midday while the coalition members were on patrol with the Afghan National Security Forces, the U.S. military said. An Afghan civilian working with the coalition was also killed.

The names of the victims were being withheld pending notification of next of kin.

Also Tuesday, Afghan National Army soldiers, assisted by coalition forces, killed 16 militants while on a combat reconnaissance patrol in Helmand province, the U.S. military announced.

The troops were on patrol when their convoy came under fire from numerous positions, the military said. The troops responded with small-arms fire, but the militants then began firing mortars and rocket-propelled grenades, so the troops used precision strikes to kill the militants, the military said.

After the incident, the troops cleared a compound from which the militants had been firing and found materials to make improvised bombs, the military said.

The citizens of Afghanistan express their concerns that the 17,000 additional troops President Obama is sending to Afghanistan is going to mean more air attacks that have been killing Afghanistan citizens.WATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/ZTyCTDjeVw0&hl=en&fs=1CLICK ON THE DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO

Video shows an Afghan school girl who was attacked with acid by the Taliban in Afghanistan and is now blinded. WARNING: VIDEO IS VERY GRUESOME.WATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/w_Jjy_eVaGI&hl=en&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO

Be sure to turn up your sound so you can hear the U.S. troops shouting out to each other as they engage the Taliban in Afghanistan. WARNING: THE LANGUAGE CAN BE ROUGH FOR SOME EARS.WATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/2ot4FwM1NK4&hl=en&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO

Video is a series of scenes of US troops in unedited wild ass combat action in Iraq and Afghanistan. Be sure to turn up your sound.WATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/GyekO4EGRJ0&hl=en&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO

The song is "Hero" and it sets the background for this intense combat video of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. American GIs are seen battling enemy elements. Turn up your sound and enjoy this video.WATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/k8OKRl5laFI&hl=en&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO

This is one of my favorite videos because you see GIs in Afghanistan telling off the "chickens" back in the United States who have no idea what it is like to be in combat. IMO this is a must see video.TURN UP YOUR SOUND FOR BEST VIEWING.WATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/WQlHvGZIYm0&hl=en&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO

This video is a compilation of video footage of American troops in action from Iraq to Afghanistan and even a few Vietnam War scenes thrown in to show the true bravery of American troops.TURN UP YOUR SOUND FOR BEST VIEWING.WATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/IRr_PqL1h2g&hl=en&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO

Sunday, February 22, 2009

Video starts with former President Bush getting his hair combed as he gets ready to address the nation on the Iraq War, but in the following footage you are taken into hell of the Iraq War including insurgent footage showing a US soldier shot.TURN UP YOUR SPEAKERS. WATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/J2scQJM_z64&hl=en&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO

This U.S. ARMY patrol is caught right in the middle of a heavy firefight with the Taliban in Afghanistan and this video shows you all the action as well as GIS shouting out orders to each other during the battle.TURN UP YOUR SPEAKERS FOR BEST RESULTS.WATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/-L1kdptD30k&hl=en&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO

Video shows you how Marines clear out houses in Iraq during a heavy firefight in Fallujah.Turn up your sound to listen to Marines calling out orders to other Marines as well as some Marines explaining what they are doing on this mission.TURN UP YOUR SPEAKERS.WATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/NtDfIU4RAeM&hl=en&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO

Saturday, February 21, 2009

BAGHDAD, Feb 21 (IPS) - Seventy percent of Iraq's doctors are reported to have fled the war-torn country in the face of death threats and kidnappings. Those who remain live in fear, often in conditions close to house arrest."I was threatened I would be killed because I was working for the Iraqi government at the Medical City," Dr. Thana Hekmaytar told IPS. Baghdad Medical City is the largest medical complex in the country. Dr. Hekmaytar, a head and neck surgeon, has now been practising at the Saint Raphael Hospital in Baghdad for the last five years. It is difficult now both as woman and as doctor, she says. Most women are now living in repressive conditions because the government is less secular. And that is besides the chaotic conditions around Iraq. "It is particularly difficult for female doctors," Dr. Hekmaytar says. "Large groups in Iraq only want us to stay at home, and certainly not be professionals." "We've had doctors kidnapped, and so many others have fled," said Khaleb, a senior manager at the hospital who requested that his last name not be used. He named several doctors who had been kidnapped. This IPS correspondent, he said, was the first media person allowed into the hospital since the U.S. invasion of March 2003. Continue reading here: http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=45844

This is a video compilation of various planes from the U.S. Air Force in combat action in Iraq. The video is given special treatment with great music.TURN UP YOUR SOUND.WATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/3kiMnkbr1Ec&hl=en&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO

Action-packed combat video is enhanced with the song "Down With The Sickness" with lyrics that are very graphic. TURN UP YOUR SOUND FOR THIS ONE.WATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/XMaHF4ZqRVc&hl=en&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO

This is a helluva combat video of the wars in both Iraq and Afghanistan. The background music of "I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire" is the perfect accompaniment to this fantastic combat video.BE SURE TO TURN UP YOU SOUND.WATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/0AQGsC7yfjk&hl=en&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO

KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Thirteen people, described by the U.S. military as "noncombatants," were killed in western Afghanistan earlier this week during a coalition operation, the military said Saturday.

"We expressed our deepest condolences to the survivors of the noncombatants who were killed during this operation," said Brig. Gen. Michael Ryan, U.S. Forces-Afghanistan.

Three militants also died in Tuesday's operation in the Gozara district of Herat province, the military said.

The killings further inflame Afghans' anger and frustration over the killing of civilians in U.S.-led coalition and NATO operations. Many civilians also die in the crossfire between coalition forces and Taliban militants. Watch the challenge coalition forces face »

Afghan and coalition investigators and international observers this week were in Herat this week. Weapons and ammunition were found at the site of the operation and Afghan soldiers held shuras, or consultative bodies, with village leaders.

This video is non-stop combat action from the Iraq War. The music is "Killin' Me" by Drowning Pool. Most of the action shows US fighters and helicopters taking out insurgents. Turn up your sound and sit back and enjoy this terrific combat video.WATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/swlBFLwEslE&hl=en&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO

The mainstream media would have Americans believe we have "won" the Iraq war, but nothing could be further from the truth because the nation of Iraq and its people are teetering on the brink of another civil war breaking out at anytime.This video shows the TRUTH about what is happening in Iraq and not the propaganda the right wing media is "selling" to the American public.Music by MindFlow.WATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/q-ZHHU1dpD4&hl=en&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO

Pink Floyd provides the music to this dramatic video of the Iraq War. The images are real and some of the footage is very graphic. A great video.WATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/wHdlEiJEx80&hl=en&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO

The people back home in the United States have no idea what our troops are going through in both Iraq and Afghanistan because the media in the United States no longer covers the wars.This video shows what it is REALLY like in the combat zones of Iraq and Afghanistan.WARNING: VERY GRAPHIC FOOTAGE.WATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/xKFtNEM23d8&hl=en&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO

This is a sometimes gory tribute to our men and women serving in the United States military in Iraq and Afghanistan. The pictures at times are very gruesome and very graphic. WATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/fj3EOKz18jo&hl=en&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO

Friday, February 20, 2009

Turn up your sound and watch as members of the 3/6 Marines engage the enemy in Iraq.The battle is fierce and the language is rough, but this is real war footage and not make believe.WATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/TysyEbWHNfI&hl=en&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO

Video shows a U.S.Huey helicopter raking the countryside of Afghanistan with a Gatling gun taking out everything on the ground. Amazing combat video. TURN UP YOUR SOUNDWATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/WwYjNTNB2TQ&hl=en&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO

President Obama has given the go-ahead to send 17,000 more troops to Afghanistan. The mission in Afghanistan is still to be defined by the new administration. In this video, you get an idea what Obama's plan is for Afghanistan, but the mission is still to be defined.WATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/KIeXMIwZLCo&hl=en&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO

Just look at this road in Afghanistan. And this is considered a GOOD ROAD. This is the type of terrain our US troops are fighting in over in Afghanistan. Listen to GIs in this Humvee talk about the road and conditions in Afghanistan.

Thursday, February 19, 2009

The video shows a brutal firefight between US Marines and members of the insurgents in Iraq. After it was all over, the US Marines suffered the loss of four Marines. WARNING: THIS IS A VERY GRAPHIC VIDEOTURN UP YOUR SOUND.WATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/u6rUh4S0oE8&hl=en&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO

This video was made by a Dutch crew and some of the language is in Dutch, but you still get to see and hear US Special Forces going house-to-house in Afghanistan in a search for weapons.Several of the American GIs drop the "F-Bomb" so you will be able to understand what they are saying. US troops uncover opium.TURN UP YOUR SOUNDWATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/HHr9uqiMT3g&hl=en&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO

This video takes you right along with a US Special Forces platoon as they make a raid on houses in Afghanistan. Turn up your sound to hear GIs talking about the mission.WATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/SH7cgBC7C1Q&hl=en&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO

Video shows what happens when the U.S. Air Force unleashes all its firepower on the enemy in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Some spectacular footage of planes dropping bombs on insurgents.TURN UP YOUR SOUND.WATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/z8cSE71HLnE&hl=en&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO

Incredible combat video showing US troops wiping out various elements of the enemy in Iraq and Afghanistan. The song title is explicit and the music is by "Dope."Be sure to turn up your sound for best viewing of this video.WATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/l7tCQeY_Qw0&hl=en&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

A squad of US soldiers are engaged in a heavy firefight with the Taliban in Afghanistan in this intense action-packed video.TURN UP YOUR SOUND.WATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/u2X-H5mubVg&hl=en&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO

If you are into hard-driving combat action, this is the video for you. Watch as US troops engage the Taliban in Afghanistan in one bloody battle after another. TURN UP YOUR SOUND.WATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/BrvNwsC-Iss&hl=en&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO

This video shows what happens to members of the Taliban when they try to outrun Apache helicopters and AC-130 gunships in Afghanistan. Nobody is left standing.WATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/02wxdUES4Ww&hl=en&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO

This video was made by a young GI named Brian Freeman and it shows the horrible conditions our troops face when driving in a truck convoy in Afghanistan. The video is brown and not color so it is not your computer. I show videos like this because I want everyone to see what the conditions are in Afghanistan where President Obama has given the approval for 17,000 more US troops to the war zone.WATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/Dker6vXShf8&hl=en&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO

Video takes you right along with an Apache helicopter crew as they take out insurgents with directions from ground control. Turn up your speakers so you get to hear the talk between the Apache crew and mission control.TURN UP YOUR SOUNDWATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/c71UOlQR_bs&hl=en&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

This video comes from the REALNEWS network and is called "Combat Outpost." It shows the desolate terrain of Afghanistan where President Obama has given the order to send in 17,000 more US troops to Afghanistan. The Russians fought in this same area for 10 years and after 10 years, and thousands of dead Russian soldiers, they had to pullout of Afghanistan with their tail between their legs in bitter defeat.The Afghanistan War is now President Obama's war and he may live to regret this decision to try and defeat the Taliban.Nobody in the past has been able to do it. Not the British. Not the Russians. And now, perhaps, not the Americans.WATCH "COMBAT OUTPOST" VIDEO HERE:http://therealnews.com/t/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=3314

This is a very unusual video because it is a propaganda video made by the insurgents in Iraq about the Iraq War. It depicts the American merciless killers and the insurgents as just defending their own country.TURN UP YOUR SOUND.WATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/-yj7ngFSGLg&hl=en&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY THIS VIDEO

Checkout the terrain our troops are canvassing looking for IEDs in Afghanistan. This is the same kind of terrain President Obama just gave the OK for 10,000 more troops to be sent to Afghanistan.Does anyone know why we are in Afghanistan? I don't and I doubt if the troops do either.TURN UP YOUR SOUND.WATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/Sc8V2lKq0dM&hl=en&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO

Video shows US troops engaged in a brutal firefight with the Taliban in Afghanistan. One US soldier is show, but fortunately he did not die.TURN UP YOUR SOUND.WATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/jhnPx-0lrU0&hl=en&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO

This video shows female military personnel from various branches of the US military as well as female soldiers from NATO nations who are participating in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.WATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/Zy7mfs-JMMo&hl=en&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO